Montgomery police investigate two homicides within eight hours
Montgomery police are investigating two separate homicides that occurred Monday within the span of about eight hours.
At about 10:20 a.m., police and fire medics went to the 2000 block of Terminal Road after a report of a shooting, said Capt. Saba Coleman, a spokeswoman for the Montgomery Police Department. They found Raja Howard, 31, with life-threatening injuries. Howard later died at a hospital, police said.
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Ladarius Williams, 26, has been charged with murder in Howard's death, Coleman said. Williams was placed in the Montgomery County Detention Facility with a bond of $1.5 million, jail records show.
At 6:40 p.m. police and fire medics went to Traction Avenue and Pauline Street after a report of a shooting. They found Sylvester Shackleford, 42, of Montgomery with a gunshot wound, Coleman said. Shackleford was pronounced dead at the scene.
No arrests have been made in connection with Shackleford's death.
Montgomery has recorded 21 homicides so far this year.
Contact Montgomery Advertiser reporter Marty Roney at mroney@gannett.com.
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